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A. N. NORRIS.

SEEDING MACHINE. No. 885,724. f Paternted July 10, 1888.

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SEEDING MACHINE.

,No. 385,724. PatentedJuly 10,1888.

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Attorney,

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ALBERT N. NORRTS, OF RUSHVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO THE STAR DRILLCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

S'EEDlNG -MACHlNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 385,724, dated July10,1888.

Application tiled February 25, lF88. Serial No. 265,322. (No model.)

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Be it known that l, ALBERT N. NORRIS, of R-nshvillc, Rush county,Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSeeding-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertains to improvements in that class ofseeding-machines ordinarily spoken of as one'horse grain-drills, and theimprovements relate to details of construction, as hereinafter pointedout in the claims.

My improvements will be readily understood from the followingdescription, taken in eonnection with the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of a graindrill, illustrating myimprovements, the hoes being arranged in zigzag order; Fig. 2, a sideelevation of the same with many parts omitted; Fig. 3, a perspectiveview of portions of the machine, illustrating the arrangement of thehoes in a straight line; Fig. 4-, an end view ofa portion of theseed-box, showing in section one of the seed-conducting devices leadingto the hoeshanks; Fig. 5, a front elevation of the seed-box; Fig. 6, arear elevation of the frame parts, with hoes and rear wheels attached;and Fig. 7, a plan showing frame portions at the rear of the machine andthe arrangement of seed-conducting devices.

In the drawings, A indicates the usual cen tral frame-piece employed inthis class of machines; B, the cXpansible side wings articulated to thecentral frame-piece and arranged to operate in the usual manner; 0, theseedbox disposed across the machine and supported by the frame, buthaving its bottom extending the full limit of the width of the machineand having its top much shorter than its bottom, as seen in Fig. 5; D,the usual outside seed-hoes secn red at therear'emls of the wings; E,the central seed-hoe disposed in line with the hoes D and secured nearthe rear of the central frame-piece; F, in Figs. 1 and 2, themtermediateseed-hoes set forward of the hoes previously referred to and seen red tothe wings; G, seed-conductors leading from the outer seed-cups,attached, as usual, below the seed-box to the shanks of the seed-hoes D;H, similarseedconductors leading from the usual intermediate seed-cupsunder the seed-box to the shanks of the intermediate hoes; J, a pair ofwheels disposed under the rear end of the central frame; K, a skeletonlever pivoted to the under side of the rear end of the centralframe-piece and projecting downward to and forming the axle-studs forthe wheels J; L, a hand-lever pivoted at its lower end to the centralframe-piece and linked to the lever K and projecting upward to the rearof the seedbox; M, a ratchet secured to one of the usual handles andadapted to be engaged by the handlever L, and serving in maintainingthe,handlever in adjusted position; N, shankplates sc cured beneath therear ends of the wings B and serving as the means for attaching thehoeshanks to the wings, these plates projecting outside and inside thewings and presenting the upper ends of the hoe shanks to the con ductorsbelow the level ofthe top of the wings; 0, similar shank-plates for theintermediate hoes, these plates projecting inwardly, so as to presentthe upper ends of their hoe-shanks within the wings; P, the intermediatehoes when the same are arranged in line with the other hoes; Q, theseed-cups secured below the seed-box and having the usual seed-wheels anranged to be driven in the usual manner from the forward wheel ofthemachine; and R, tubular elbows articulated to the intermediate seedcupsand to the upper ends of the seed-conductors H, and forming the upperportions of these conductors.

The seed-box having a greater length at its base than at its top causesthe center of gravity of the mass of seed within it to be disposed muchlower down than usual, thus rendering the machine much more manageableand securing greater steadiness of action, and at the same time thebevcls at the ends permit the machine to pass more readily th rough corn partly blown down.

The wheels J at the rear end of the machine serve to prevent the usualside tipping, by

which the machine works deeper upon one 9 side than upon the other, andthey also serve in maintaining uniformly a proper depth of operation forthe hoes. By manipulating the hand lever L the rear end of theframe-work may be raised or lowered with reference to the wheels J,whereby the depth at which the hoes act may be adjusted, and theadjusted position of the hand-lever is maintained by the ratchet M.

The intermediate hoes may be secured forward of the other hoes, as seenin Fig. 1, or they may be secured at the rear ends of the wings, andthus be brought into a straight.

ity for the articulate movement usually required in grain-drills withexpanding wings, and hence these conductors may be constructed as usual.The intermediate conductors, however, require, in addition to thecapacity for such articulate movement as is called for by the expansionmovement of the wings, a capacity for connecting alternately with theintermediate hoeshanks, whether the same be set in zigzag position or instraight-line position. I secure the desired results by means of thetubular elbows R, which have a universal or ball-and-socket movement intheir seed-cups. The lower ends of all the seedconductors are arrangedto have a telescopic motion in the nozzles of the shank-plates formingthe upper ends of the tubular hoeshanks, whereby the length of theseed-cod ductors will accommodate itself to the movements of the parts.The intermediate conductors, by means of the elbows It, accommodatethemselves to all of the movements of the intermediate hoe-shanks as thewings are expanded, and as the hoe-shanks are moved to the forward orrear position upon the wings.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, substantially as set forth,of central frame-piece, A, side pieces, B, articulated thereto, skeletonlever K, pivoted to the under side ofthe rear of the cen tralfran'ie-piece and projecting downwardly at each side thereof andterminating in axlestuds, wheels J on said studs, hand-lever L, linkedto said skeleton lever, and ratchet M, engaged by said hand-lever.

2. The combination, substantially as set forth, of central frame-piece,A, central seedhoe, E, at the rear thereof, expansible wingpieces B,articulated to the frame-piece and provided with outside seed hoes, P,in line with said central seedhoe, shank-plates N, attached to saidwing-pieces and projecting to both sides thereof, shank-plates O,projecting inwardly from said wing-pieces forward of the plates N,pivoted seed-conductors H, adapted to engage alternately the plates Nand O, and intermediate hoes adapted alternately for engagement atplates N and O.

ALBERT N. NORRIS.

Witnesses:

J. W. SEE, W. A. SEWARD.

